ITT: The best episodes of anime ever that are not the last/climactic episode I'll start>0079 episode 13 (Coming Home)>Eva episode 8 (Asuka Strikes!)
>>275246487>Eva episode 8 (Asuka Strikes!)That was ass. 16, 20, 22 are the best eps in Eva.
>>275246487That episode of 0079 is amazing.
>>275246487>ITT: The best episodes of anime ever that are not the last/climactic episodewhy don't you just make a thread about episodes you like? zoomers have to hyper categorize everything for no reason
>>275246487Song of the Wings of Light from Victory and the nuke episode of Turn A have always been favourites of mine.
>>275247306Those are excellent.
GaoGaiGar episode 1Overman King Gainer episode 14
>>275246487gunshit was consistently shit
>>275246487Episodes 23 and 24 of Trigun
I always think about this episode when it comes to Gundam. Aside from the ending and romance 7th ms team was great
>>275247886Did you like the ending
The penultimate episode of SoulTaker where he kills his mom.
>>275247950>Aside from the ending and romancefaggot
>>275247994I did. I liked that Vash gained the confidence to make his own judgement calls. It was also nice seeing a redemptive ending for him after so much death and destruction had been following after him despite his best efforts. Easily a top 3 anime for me.
King Crimson vs Metallica in Jojo Part 5
>>275248064Stfu that romance is fucking ass, and that cop out ending is just even worse
>>275248172What about the manga?
>>275247737>GaoGaiGar episode 1Nice. For me it's the railway cannon episode.
>>275246487LOGH Episode 54
>>275248613>cop outdon't use words you don't understand
>>275246487I don't even remember that episode from 0079.I only remember the MATILDA DIES episode from laughing too hard during the next episode preview spoiling that and the one where Amuro's dad is insane and Amuro just has to cope with loss again.
>>275248890Cop-out is a fairly used word in fiction when the story resolves something unsatisfactory, and avoids doing something that ought to do. Like those two surviving after the fucking explosion
re zero 15
>>275249047Was that the one where it ends with a blizzard or the one with the titular scene?
>>275247737>Overman King Gainer episode 14Which one was that again? I liked the Adette Squad one that's a few episodes after that one. Gainer and Adette's relationship was great.
>>275246487Evangelion episode 4 is the best, aesthetically.
>>275249099blizzard one
>>275248639I haven't read it.
>>275249498Baller. Christ, those first two-thirds of S1 were so good. What the hell happened?
>>275246487Damn bro you stole the thread starter right from my head. I've been meaning to have some 10/10 episode discussion even from series that aren't necessarily considered masterpieces.
>>275247306Gundam Seed Ep. 25: Turning Point - and boy was it ever. The episode was the midpoint of the 50 episode series and quite possibly the climax as both Athrun and Kira lost someone very close to them on the same battlefield which pitted them against one another.
Akiba Maid War episode 1 is its best, despite the entire show being amazing.
I can count with my hands the moments anime managed to spook me
>>275246487Chroniko's Boots
>>275246487Kaiji episodes 9 and 14
YuYuYu ep 9-ish, the one where Itsuki wins her idol audition.
>>275250019(You) (You) (You) are a gentleman and a scholar. EP1 is one of the best EP1's on recent memory
Darling in the Franxx 15
>>275251673Speaking of scholars
>>275246487 >Aot 3x11 (Bystander)No matter what's my feeling towards the ending this episode is still the best to me.
Very obvious post but I'll proceedSSSS Gridman episode 9 and SSSS Dynazenon episode 10, both storyboarded and enshutsu'd by Ikarashi
>EvangelionThe one in which Asuka and Shionji had to learn to coordinate>Space DandyThere are many, but I member, for example, the one in which a girl falls from him.>Cowboy BebopThe first one, that sets the tone to the seriesJupiter Jazz 1-2>Plastic MemoriesUnironically, this was a very good episode, but the series turned out to be a bait and switch so shitty that it make it to be a eternal inhabitant of the "Series with wasted potential" threads>80's astroboyAstro Boy's First Love, in muhrrica this is the last episode, on other, i think it was the third. Man, let me tell you, 80's astroboy, like some of the series of the time, was BRUTAL. In this episode Astro is sent to an enemy country base because they have stolen Astro's prototype design and had modified it to store a bomb inside them it to do terrorist attacks. Astro encounters a nice girl robot that helps him reach and navigate the facility. they develop such a good chemistry that they started to like each other. Later, because retrieval of the design papers were not possible, they destroy them alongside with the suicidal bot factory, but Its revealed by the "modder" so to speak, that the girl robot is one of those suicidal robots and then he activates the countdown on the bomb inside her before dying. Astro and the girl try to dfeactivate the bomb, but with the design papers destroyed and the countdown leaving little time, the best course is for astro to dissasemble the girl robot, but this process is irreversible and she could not be assembled ever again. So they confess their feelings for each other before the procedure... Imagine being a child and watching this stuff. I must confess, it still makes my kokoro ache just by membering it.
>>275246882I prefer "Time, Be Still" and of course "Across the Atlantic Ocean". The Miharu episodes in general really hit an emotional point that's only matched in Gundam by the last episode of 0080.
>>275250082SSY is so unique and underrated
Shoushimin Series episode 2
>>275246487I should point out, the last episode of 0079, Escape, is by far the best episode of the show and a legendary episode of anime in general.
>>275254369>by far the best episode of the showRetarded newtype bullshit that hadn't even been introduced properly then shits on the whole finale.
>>275246487Rose of Versailles episode 19
>>275246487Ed's goodbye episode
Madoka episode 10
CRAAAAAZYY SUNSHINEEEE
>>275246487Aria the Origination Episode 9
>>275254413Well, I'm sorry you couldn't enjoy it because it's the episode that made Gundam a masterpiece.
>>275254515>you have to eat all the eggs
>>275254077>underratedI wouldn't call it that, it's certainly not as known as one piece, but it's known as one of those anime with depth that actually tried something fascinating with psychic powers in a dystopia. It's still interesting how A-1 pictures decided to make an anime from a novel while simultaneously creating the SAO phenomenon
>>275254677OP said non-climactic, retard. and the episode where alicia rolls the giant snowball is better than this maudlin slop
>>275246487The suicide episode of Paranoia Agent
>>275246487Kill la kill ep3Hidamari sketch x365 ep1Haruhi ep0>>275254533it's climactic. Yes, and ep9 too
>>275246487Baccano episode 4
>>275246487>Eva episode 8 (Asuka Strikes!)Was it really that late? What did they do before that even?>Third (?) angel pilebunkered Eva in the face>They fought a tetrahedron>Shinji fell on naked ReiThat can't be whole 7 episodes.
>>275257077Bonding with Rei, Kensuke and Toji
>>275246487Kino no tabi ep9
Episode 14 of Ideon
>>275250179based
>>275247886Based
Kamina's death in Gurren Lagann, i forgot which episode it was.
>>275250179The song is still stuck in my head
Katanagatari episode 4
based
"The night before the carnival" from the tenchi muyo ovas
Episode 5 of Kyousougiga
Strike Witches is an extremely goofy dumb fanservice anime, but maybe precisely because of that holy fuck if I wasn't invested in this one S3 episode Hounds of Vengeance. It still stands to me as one of the best singular anime episodes of all time and I'm only slightly ashamed to admit this.
>>275251980berry good choice>both storyboarded and enshutsu'd by Ikarashihe also did episode 6 of edgerunners
>>275246596Most of the early Eva episodes are ass
0079 is a huge drag but if you have the patience for it, the show itself is worth watching for episodes like that The movies don't spend enough time on certain parts to let it linger
>>275254614Everything about that episode captures what the show is about and what characters are. Haurko being a piece of shit, Naota still being scared kid with weird feelings, Mamimi being detached from reality, and the best song
>>275251793https://youtu.be/mpqY5n4wZhMGeass episode 38- the one where Shirley bites the dust. Also Episodes 8 and 11 get max soul points, and 17 is my personal favourite of all.
>>275246487>>0079 episode 13 (Coming Home)I don't agree with you but it certainly was unique
>>275247545 Kino>>275248534 Good>>275254515 Meh
All the Miyazaki episodes of Sherlock Hound.
Thunderbolt Fantasy 12
NoirEpisode 6 Lost kittenandEpisode 13 Season of Hell
>>275263159Just watched this ep lmao, it indeed was goodS2 hasn't been able to top it yet
>>275246487Episode 1 of Martian Successor Nadesico because of the short lived Gai Daigoji.Episodes 1-6 of Guilty CrownThe episode of Eureka Seven called Substance abuse when Renton had to bail out Holland's ass when the mission to rescue the Voderac priest turned to shit and Renton while piloting the Nirvash went berserk. Or maybe he went nucking futs and the Nirvash did his bidding. Whatever the case, he never should have used the LFO's compac and amita drive to run DooM.The space shuttle episode of Cowboy bebop.The episode of Gundam 0079 when Zeon forces tried to infiltrate the white base by sneaking aboard and it was when Ryu Jose makes a sacrifice.2000's astro boy, the episode with Neon Express,the Rohbit train that kept going faster and faster.
>>275246487Best use of a fate altering machine I have ever seen.
>>275263253>S2 hasn't been able to top it yet>yetI expect you to change your mind.
>>275264516I'm on episode 5 currently, I'll look forward to it
>>275246487Gungrave episode 14
>>275249392first episode vs Cynthia on the frozen lake. not sure what my favorite episode of Gainer would be, maybe the one with the co-op cockpit reveal. Definitely a show I enjoyed for the quantity of individual hype moments.
>>275258355patrician taste
>>275250530Good taste? In my /a/?
>>275255533I love Casshern: Sins but honestly on re-watch a lot of the dialogue and pacing is wayy too navelgazey and corny
>>275253776I think Kamille losing his mind was far sadder than anything in 0079, Lalah was up there though.
Is there any scene of Macross Frontier that's not climatic?
I had a lot of hope for the mechanic cast of Patlabor:TNGBut outside one of two scene it didn't have the same impact.Have to admit the original Patlabor series only had many good episode because it was also very long.
>>275246487Since you did Gundam 79, I'll say Zeta where Kamille punched Sara so hard in the gut she got knocked out.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMxq6InZ6II
Space Dandy episode where he's on the afterlife death planet>>275250019Kino
>>275269714>Have to admit the original Patlabor series only had many good episode because it was also very long.Patlabor is interesting. I love it really much, but it has some of the best and also some of the shittiest episodes in existence, possibly because of the lengthNew Generation was okay even though I felt it somehow cheapened Patlabor 2 by trying to write a subpar sequel
>>275246487For me, it's the one with the random Zeon shmucks with jetpacks nearly soloing Amuro with a couple of bombs.
Episode 5-6-7 might be the best three-string of episodes in Kill la Kill and 6 probably stands out the most. Sanageyama's backstory stuff was fun.
Amuro was completely in the right to cut off all ties with her from that day on. What a piece of trash she was.
>>275246487Rozen Maiden episode 4 (aka the most fun I've ever had in a single episode)
>>275273007Honestly, everything up until episode 17 or so is rock solid. It's still REALLY good after that, but I personally preferred the goofy student council shenanigans of the first part. That and I found Satsuki to be a much more compelling antagonist than Ragyou.
>>275251980Dynazenon 10 is the one where Yume realizes she's never going to really know if her sister offed herself, right? That was a good one and /a/'s reaction to it was top pleb. >>275257431Ideon's good episodes are so back weighted it's almost insane. There's Ideon's Roar and then a fat load of nothing for half a year.
>>275273296It was technically the best episode.
>>275273377I think it was exactly the ending of episode 17 where I realized "aw man, we're really getting to the last act, huh" and started procrastinating on watching more because I was loving the show too much and just didn't want it to be over. Not many shows have gotten that reaction from me.Always gonna kick myself for ignoring all those hype threads from eleven years ago and not watching it weekly.
I wish I had the memory for individual EPs. That said I've been watching the OG Macross recently and episode 18 Pineapple Salad was great - didn't even catch the flags or suspect it till the reveal.
>>275258737I would pay all the money to make Hounds of Vengeance a 90-minute OVA.
>>275274759That episode's so good, especially since there's all the fakeouts throughout the episodes leading up to it too that keep throwing you off whether they're gonna go ahead or not. What a guy, and what a send-off.
>>275273597>Dynazenon 10 is the one where Yume realizes she's never going to really know if her sister offed herself, right?Yeah, it was great. >That was a good one and /a/'s reaction to it was top pleb.I still have no idea how so many people got filtered by it. Especially since it's all but confirmed it was an accident and not an intentional an hero
Episode 5 of BebopEpisode 11 of TTGL
>>275274759God I love lynn minmay so much it's unreal
>>275274919I suspected it based on having seen frontier and delta but I also expected him getting a way bigger sendoff because of that>>275275068still not done so dunno how I'll feel about her by the end but I wish it aired now just so I could see people malding - you don't often see someone get just a friend'ed this hard
>>275274797It would definitely work well as a full-fleshed movie now that I think of it.
>>275275241I mean she definitely gets what's coming to her, just wait until you see what cousin-kun does to her.
I still think back to OC macross sometimes and how it had a plot point about trying to catch tuna in space, followed by a wedding where the wife actually considered the husband just a friend, despite composing a song about how he's her boyfriend. Nothing in this series made any fucking sense. It was so great.
>>275275454hype.>>275275560It definitely had a very rough start, feels like it only settled into a proper story somewhere around 10 EPs in.The tuna's in a league of its own though, what the actual fuck was that episode
>>275254328Very true, that’s when I knew I was going to watch all of it.
Jormungand -- either Lehm's backstory episode or the Seal Team episode.
>>275275698>feels like it only settled into a proper story somewhere around 10 EPs inNo it only gets more intense towards the end. The episodes there had even higher amount of what the flying fuck moments.
>>275275786I meant that it felt like it didn't know what it wants to do/be. Being silly or wtf's fine now that it properly set itself up
Mushoku Tensei Episode 8I keep rewatching that scene where a bunch of mysterious legendary figures shows up and notices some kind of disturbance in the world then the nuke blowing up in the end. The entire sequence is pure fantasy anime kino
>>275275953the EP where Orsted shows up is really incredible in how it annihilates what Rudy and more importantly the viewer know about the world - Ruijerd being shown as this absolutely strongest figure up till then getting completely and effortlessly btfo has such a massive impact
Wonder Egg episode 11https://files.catbox.moe/vbs5zp.mp4
Someday in the Rain.>inb4 actually it is the final episode before the film if you watch Haruhi in chronological orderShut up, I mean within the context of the 2006 broadcast.
>>275276232Should've been an OVA with this as the sole episode.
This anime was pretty eclectic with its tone, but I never find it jarring. Episode 12 is an amusing goofy sol ep about war-mongers beards. I'd also add episode 19 which has an extremely creepy and tense si-fi atmosphere
>>275257431I watched Ideon for mech month last year but I didn't see any follow up threads for it along the way. I enjoyed it on the whole but the ending movie and the build up to it is by far the strongest part.I guess I also like the episode where they say fuck the Ideon and try to leave and plant explosives on the ship, but are staunchedly prevented then forced back on to it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tOQC5R3MK4
>>275276621True, but it also had this at the start of it, which I liked.
>>275257590Correct choice
>>275247652What's that?
>>275277818Digimon GG
>>275276232made me look it up. Kino even if the rest of that show was worthless
>>275247545the scene with Ichise's dad was fucking heartbreaking. One of the few times an anime's ending delivered.
3-gatsu no Lion s2 ep18 - Burnt Field (part 3) / Burnt Field (part 4)
>>275278439True
>>275274759The whole idea behind Roy Fokker was "Sleggar done right". It was always going to end that way.
>>275262220I wonder what happened to the chef guy
>>275246487Really like SSSS.DYNAZENON episode 10 (Which Memories Do You Regret?)
>>275246487For me the short list of the best episodes in all of anime is probably Technolyze episode 19, Touch episode 26, SSSS.Gridman episode 1, Kino’s Journey (2003) episode 2 and Sonny Boy episode 6.
>>275246487Episode 17 of Giant Gorg when everyone realizes what they've been fucking with was not meant to be fucked with.
Cowboy Bebop episode with this dude in it really stood out to me.
>>275251980I really liked Gridman episode 9, but Dynazenon’s episode 10 felt too much like a copy of it for me, like the guy was just doing the same shtick again.I was also pretty dissatisfied that the main guy got nothing in that episode.
>>275279218Any episode China(the animator) works on is usually a winner. He also did animation for Gridman's dream episode, which is also the best episode of that.
>>275279880Yes, that opening part, the montage of him in the facility, and the ending theme park fight was so well done and creepy.
>>275246487Champloo's baseball episode.
>>275279942He also directed Puniru's best episode
>>275280158
HxH 45
>>275279880That ep scared the shit out of me.
>>275280061>>275279880I think episodics shows like Champloo and Bebop can manage to have a bunch of perfect stand-alone episodes
>>275269603Kamille was the end of a show that had already done a ton of shit though. It's mostly shocking that it's the MC but it doesn't really have the same impact, especially give that he gets eventually so it's just a temporary speedbump. Miharu by contrast is just a normal civilian caught up in something she otherwise has no business being involved in just to help her siblings. She's an "enemy" who's not really bad, fell for the otherwise kind of goofy secondary character and these essentially caused her to defect so you assume she's just going to be a new crew member, then she falls out of the plane. She dies a death she never should have had in a war she never should have been part of leaving her young siblings well and truly orphaned (and if you want to go with supplementary material, her brother gets taken in by the Titans, turned into a Cyber Newtype and dies). There's really no positive or happy development that comes from it, it's a sad and ultimately pointless death that should have never happened.
>>275280392'11 could never
>>275280061Him sending the wood shares of the exploded bat back at the pitch was so good.
Not just for the outcome, but the final episode of Ippo vs Date is great.
>>275280061Despise this episode, which is weird because I like Mushroom Samba.
R.I.P. Lynch & Kon
>>275254614That was definitely the episode that felt the most intense when I first watched FLCL. Still seems like a final episode
